0 a charge that is sometimes added to the amount that a customer pays for food, drinks, and service in a restaurant, or that is added in a nightclub to pay for entertainment --
1 a charge added to the amount that a customer pays for food and drink in a restaurant or nightclub to pay for service or entertainment --
2 an amount of money charged by some restaurants in addition to the charge for food and drink, or an amount of money added in a club to pay for the entertainment: --
The bouncer may waive the cover charge for some customers, such as regular customers who usually purchase a large number of drinks.
Some bars waive the cover charge for women, because this encourages men to patronize the establishment.
The bars regularly have live musical entertainment from local performers without a cover charge.
Once in, rather than a cover charge, the drinks are 34 times the usual amount and a purchase is required.
In these cases, the cover charge simply contributes to the club's profits.
There is no cover charge.
It seems to me that a cover charge is less acceptable.
Then we come to this strange creature—the cover charge or couvert.
